Lawmaker hopes to slim down Texas children

Today, Sen. Jane Nelson (R-Flower Mound) filed three bills aimed at taking inches off of Texas students’ waistlines. More than 40 percent of youth in the Lone Star State are either overweight or obese, read a statement Nelson’s office released Tuesday.

“Far too many of our youth are leading super-sized, sedentary lifestyles which put their lives in danger,” Nelson said. “Unless we take action, an entire generation of Texans will live shorter lives than their parents.”

Make you think of the seat-ridden, milkshake-drinking blobs in red and blue featured in “WALL-E?” Me too.